base of the skull. In the lower jaw fractures can bereadily demonstrated by using the method described for takingteeth (q.v.). In all doubtful or obscure cases the surgeon will dowell to appeal to this method. Fractures of the vertebrae, from the nature of the case,usually present little difficulty… … Fig. 106.—Feacture-Dislocation of Cervical Spine.From the Sheffield Medical Journal. MEDICAL AND SURGICAL APPLICATIONS 227 ment, voluntary or involuntary, on the part of the patient. Thus,a patient has been known suddenly to break off a partially frac-tured odontoid process of the axis by nodding…
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